#165B8D#165B8D

#165B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.105 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#165B8D
RGBrgb(22, 91, 141)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(205, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(37.07, -1.88, -33.49)
CIE-LCHlch(37.07, 33.54, 266.79°)
OKLaboklab(45.59% -0.0432 -0.0953)
OKLCHoklch(45.59% 0.105 245.6)
XYZxyz(8.8778, 9.5747, 26.5743)
Luminance0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#165B8D #8D4816
analogous
#168D84 #165B8D #16208D
triadic
#165B8D #8D165B #5B8D16
tetradic
#165B8D #84168D #8D4816 #208D16
square
#165B8D #84168D #8D4816 #208D16
split-complementary
#165B8D #8D1620 #8D8416
monochromatic
#051723 #0E3958 #165B8D #1E7DC2 #3D9CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20
#165B8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92
#165B8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #165B8D
7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##165B8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##165B8D1.007.202.927.20
#FFFFFF7.201.0021.001.00
#0000002.9221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#435D8F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#32528C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00676D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #165b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 91, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.105 245.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989ae',
    500: '#165b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #165b8d;
$custom-light: #6989ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#165b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45585,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#165B8D
secondary
#C1753E
accent
#8538F0
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#ECEFF4
border
#C7CACE
text
#070B10
muted
#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #165B8D

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#165B8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva